The Physicians Committee and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences Host Global Nutrition Conference in Nation’s Capital on July 29 to 30, 2016

WASHINGTON (May 9, 2016) — The fourth-annual International Conference on Nutrition and Medicine (ICNM), jointly sponsored by The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences and the nonprofit Physicians Committee, takes place at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, from July 29 to 30, 2016.

Internationally-renowned speakers, including researchers with the World Health Organization, the National Institutes of Health, and Harvard Medical School, will provide solutions to today’s most pressing health problems, from discussing the role dietary fat and gut bacteria play in insulin resistance to revealing dietary patterns that mitigate risk for certain forms of cancer.

In addition to understanding the latest medical research, health care providers will leave with tools they can immediately put into practice. Chad Sarno with Rouxbe Culinary School will demonstrate 10 cooking skills essential for health, while physicians with the nonprofit Barnard Medical Center will host a panel discussion about how to prescribe and monitor a dietary intervention.

“In addition to revealing the latest medical research, we’ll show you how to put it into clinical practice,” says Neal Barnard, M.D., F.A.C.C., conference host and president of the Physicians Committee. “To flip our nation’s health statistics, we need to redesign our medical system to treat both the symptoms and root cause of chronic disease.”

The International Conference on Nutrition and Medicine will serve brightly-hued, plant-based meals both days. Ironman Rich Roll will guide attendees through an evening lecture about nutrition and athletic performance. He’ll put it into practice the following morning with a workout integrating core strength and mindfulness that easily fits on a prescription pad.

The conference comes at a time when one in three U.S. adults has prediabetes, one in six children is obese, and 87 percent of the nation’s adults fall short on the recommended fruit and vegetable intake. The Physicians Committee and the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences aim to turn these statistics around.